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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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The Uralla Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 4

Satisfactory reports continue to be received from Armidale concerning, the condition of Mrs. McKee, who was recently seriously injured in a motor accident. She is…

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Rothbury Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 4

On inquiry at the Maitland Hospital this afternoon as to the condition of the unfortunate young man Arthur Pellow, who met with a shooting accident in which he had…

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Nearly Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 3

Mr Sellick had a narrow escape from drowning on Tuesday last; and be nearly lost a valuable cart horse as well. He was working at…

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A Malay Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police in Brisbane has received a telegram from Innisfall that a Malay, named Willied Fargir, has been brought from Liverpool Creek in an…

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Architect Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 5

All accident occurred to Howell Morris, an architect, at Lithgow. Morris was on some scaffolding at the Methodist School-hall, when the cross pole broke. This caused…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney, Saturday afternoon. Carter Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 5

George William Luck was drowned at Southport (Q.) on Friday afternoon. He went into the sea with a horse and cart and tank to secure a load of salt water, and…

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Hanged by Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 4

Accidental death was the verdict returned at an inquest at Tipton, Staffordshire, recently on Thomas Shake, who came by his end in remarkable fashion. He was found hanging to the latch of his door, and…

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Motor Car Accident. Damages Awarded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 5

In the Melbourne County Count, David Falconer, cycle mechanic, sued Patrick Sidney Spark, motor garage proprietor, for £101 as damages for injuries alleged to have…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 5

At the Victorious mine, Orabanda (W.A.), William Wilcocks was working at a sawbench, when a large block of wood was hurled back by the saw, and struck him on the…

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Incident at Regatta. Two Boys Drowned. Hobart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 2

A drowning accident occurred off Cemetery Point, Newtown Bay, near Hobart, on Saturday afternoon. During the progress of the Newtown regatta six boys out…

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Wrestling. Al Match Seriously Injured. Vancouver, March 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 7

Walter Miller defeated Al hatch for the world's welter wrestling championship, Hatch was severely injured as the result as the result of…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon Lady Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 5

Miss Nellie Sldebothaw, while riding a bicycle down a hill at North Yass, lost, control of the machine, and ran into a fence, She was picked picked up 20 minutes later…

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Mauretania Explosion. Engine-room Disaster. Three Killed, Eight Injured. Liverpool, Jan. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

A serious accident occurred In the engine-room of the Cunard liner Mauretania at Liverpool to-night. The big Cunarder had been in the Canada Dock at Seaforth for…

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Accidental Poisoning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

Rec J. W, Moore, formerly Methodist minister at East Maitland, and now at Merewether, suffering a sad loss yesterday, as reported in our Newcastle news, through the…

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London Street Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 5

There were 18,944 street accidents in London in 1913, chiefly through motor traffic of which 579 proved fatal…

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Valuable Horses Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 4

Seven thoroughbred yearlings belonging to Mr. Trail, of Bylong were trucked at Ryistone recently for the Sydney blood stock sales at Easter…

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Young Woman Drowned. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 5

The body of a young woman, afterwards identified as that of a servant, named Agnes Rogers, who had been employed at the Young Women's Christian Association, was found…

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General Cable News. London, Tuesday evening. Aviation Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 5

Captain Cyril Downer, a pupil of the Upavon flying school, met his death by falling from a height of 2000 feet…

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Extraordinary Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 7

A wealthy Parisian, with his wife, daughter, and two friends had a narrow escape from asphyxiation in his own private motor a short distance outside Paris. The chauffeur…

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Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 5

'A' collison occurred at Flemington this morning between the rear portion of two trains, smashing an empty stock van into fragments. Two other trucks were hadly…

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